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can someone tell me some things what triggers ocd. its getting worse day by day and i wanna know why
can someone tell me some things what triggers ocd. its getting worse day by day and i wanna know why
Hey, for me, OCD has been progressive. I can’t really point to what exactly triggers me or why, I just know over time (without therapy), it got more intense. I often find when I don’t get enough sleep, or am really stressed, my OCD is worse. However, once I started therapy, and started doing ERP consistently, things started to get better (slowly). Prior to therapy, I was incredibly hopeless and didn’t know if I would be able to get some relief from the OCD suffering. Nine months later, I don’t feel like that anymore. I have been taught the tools I need for when my OCD is bad, it’s just a matter of how willing I am to use them. I highly suggest getting therapist and trying ERP if you have the opportunity. I hope this helps in some small way!
@Anon. do i need a therapist to do the ERP or can i do it on my own?
@vivi2004 I only started doing ERP once I had a therapist, then started doing it on my own. That would be a good question to ask on this app or researching online. I think I’ve heard people talk about doing it one their own on this app, but I’m not sure. Sorry I’m not of more help!
My experience is that untreated OCD just gets worse. ERP therapy saved my life.
whats up guys what are some tips dealing with ocd and what to do when a thought makes u anxious ??
so i was on instagram and it came up with other signs of ocd then someone commented this doesn’t mean you have ocd now im stressed that its not ocd background - i had so-ocd for a few years then got treatment for it but am now on the waiting list for further treatment for other stuff but i dont have another theme which makes me feel like its not ocd my day to day life consists of touching the door handle every time you go past it or someone will die, and inability to send emails without re reading loads of times and getting other people to check because im scared i wrote something bad but the what if it’s not ocd thought is triggering me now and i don’t know what do
i’ve been dealing with this “thing” since i was 15. (i’m 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. it’s been on and off ever since but since January hit it’s been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened “was that sexual?” and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my ex’s face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but i’ve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.
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